Picnic knives have always been a mainstay in the picnic baskets of many Europeans. It is normal to have a knife that does double duty as a knife for cutting cheese and bread and a corkscrew for wine.

As Americans have began to adopt many of the European culinary habits so too have they began to take advantage of this useful tool .

Picnic knives have grown in popularity over the last ten years. With the demand has come a wider variety of these knives imported from France, Italy, Spain and and to some extent Germany.

A picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion where a meal is eaten outdoors, ideally taking place in a natural landscape. Picnics are mainly family, or romantically oriented. It can also be a large get-together.